Basanta Kumar Das (1898 – 1 December 1984) was an Indian Politician belonging to the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. He was elected to the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

, the Lower house of Indian Parliament from Contai constituency,

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

in 1952 and 1962. He was earlier a member of the

Constituent Assembly of India The Constituent Assembly of India was elected to frame the Constitution of India. It was elected by the 'Provincial Assembly'. Following India's independence from the British rule in 1947, its members served as the nation's first Parliament as ...

representing

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Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
1898 births Year of death missing India MPs 1952–1957 India MPs 1962–1967 Members of the Constituent Assembly of India Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal Lok Sabha members from West Bengal Place of birth missing People from Purba Medinipur district {{WestBengal-politician-stub